Maldet Install, Setup and Syntax

Maldet is a security software usually used in linux to scan for vulnarabilities or malware check. To install maldet follow the steps below:

cd /usr/local/src/
rm -vrf maldetect-*
wget http://www.rfxn.com/downloads/maldetect-current.tar.gz
tar -xzf maldetect-current.tar.gz
cd maldetect-*
sh ./install.sh
maldet --update-ver
maldet --update

You may also want to consider activating the many features of maldet, for example:

 email_alert=1
 email_addr="root"
 quar_hits=1
 scanthreads=5
 maxfilesize="1024k"

To edit these options, $EDITOR /usr/local/maldetect/conf.maldet
To scan all users public_html give the command below:
maldet -a /home?/?/public_html

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